by Geneen Roth
First published 1991
Geneen Roth examines how people use food to fill emotional voids that love should occupy. She draws connections between eating patterns and deeper psychological needs, showing how compulsive eating often masks feelings of emptiness, abandonment, or unworthiness. Roth argues that food becomes a substitute for the nurturing and acceptance we crave from relationships. She explores the ways people develop unhealthy relationships with eating as coping mechanisms for trauma, loneliness, and unmet emotional needs. The book offers readers insight into breaking cycles of emotional eating by addressing underlying feelings rather than focusing solely on food restriction or diet plans. Roth suggests that healing our relationship with food requires healing our relationship with ourselves and others.
Genres: psychology, mental-health, addiction, non-fiction, 21st-century, food
Vibes: intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: healing, self-discovery
Mass Market Paperback · Stanké
Content warnings: eating-disorder